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Best Handmade Gifts
The Best Handmade Gifts are the ones that require skill, devotion, but most of all come from the heart. Take a look at our 12 Best Handmade Gifts for 2020 in the Knit and Crochet category. Make sure to take advantage of our 30% sale. Get 30% off when you purchase any 3 or more items. Use THIRTY at checkout at www.marymaxim.com.
Free Knit and Crochet Patterns – I Love Yarn Day 2020
I Love Yarn Day is our favorite day of the year. Today is a day where we celebrate our favorite people, we celebrate you. Crafters are the most giving and charitable people around. We truly enjoy sharing this craft with you. Over the past year, you’ve shared your troubles with us, you’ve inspired us, and you’ve crafted with us. We appreciate you choosing Mary Maxim to supply all of your Craft and Needlework Supplies. To share a small token of our appreciation enjoy our Yarn Sale. Buy any 3 balls of yarn get the fourth ball for Free, ends 10/10/2020, use code BUY3GET1 at checkout! Enjoy these incredible Mary Maxim Patterns to get you started, downloadable for a limited time. Don’t forget to check out our Yarn Guide for more information on Mary Maxim yarns.
Best Red Christmas Truck Crafts
Gas up the Vintage Red Christmas Truck for your holiday celebrations with these adorable crafts. Reminiscent of Pick-Up Truck Christmas parades often found in quaint small towns make these traditional Christmas Pick-ups full of holiday cheer as they light the way for Santa’s visit.
How to Knit Cables for Beginners
Beautifully knit cables have drawn crafters to learn how to knit for years. Today let’s learn how to knit cables. At its very basic structure, cables are formed from knitting stitches out of order over several rows. In this tutorial, we will show you how to knit a standard cable stitch, also called a rope cable. We write this in our pattern with a C for cable, the number of stitches that will be a part of the cable (in this tutorial, we are knitting 4), and F or B for where we will hold the stitches; altogether it will look like C4F or C4B, which you would find in the Special Stitches section of Mary Maxim Patterns. If you are working a pattern, make sure to read all stitch instructions thoroughly because they can change slightly depending on the pattern.
Super Bulky Yarn – Mary Maxim Starlette Chunky
There is a new Mary Maxim Yarn just in time for fall that I am very excited to share with you today. Mary Maxim Starlette Chunky is a super bulky size 6 yarn that will be your next go-to yarn for quick knit, and crochet projects, and a great yarn for big projects are that designed to make big impacts with stitches that really stand out. If you are a fiber artist who loves a good super bulky yarn, Starlette Chunky is the Mary Maxim yarn for you.
Designer Profile – Cheryl Lampard of Knitter Matters
Cheryl Lampard is a long time friend of Mary Maxim who hosts educational knitting videos on her Facebook Channel Knitter Matters. We are very excited to introduce her clever and stylish take on modern knitwear in this Designer Profile.
Arts and Crafts Photography for the DIYer
Crafts Photography is a must. You’ve done the work, before you give your handmade gift make sure to take a pic. Learn easy ways to photograph your work.
How to Yarn Over and Yarn Forward Round Needle
The Yarn Over is often the first increase stitch a knitter learns, and on occasion, learns it by accident. There are 4 ways to complete the yarn over which are written differently in the pattern according to how you should complete them.
30 Best Handmade Gifts for Dad
Take a look at these crafty gifts for dad and some stylish gift ideas to make for the incredible men in your life that they will enjoy.
How to Decrease Crochet for Beginners
Learning how to decrease crochet stitches opens up your crochet world to a host of possibilities. We can work and mold yarn into virtually any shape.
How to Increase Crochet Stitches for Beginners
Last Updated on July 24, 2020 by Gwen Bautista How to Increase Crochet Stitches for Beginners Learning how to increase crochet stitches opens up your crochet world to a host of possibilities. Many crochet textures are made by simple increases and skipped stitches. Once you learn how to make a simple increase, then you can
25 Best Free Knit Patterns
Last Updated on May 26, 2020 by Gwen Bautista Pattern collecting and Yarn Buying have a few things in common, but mainly it’s that you can never have enough. No Matter if you are looking for a new project, to try a new technique, or to just add to your collection, these 25 Best Free